“Nobody can tell us Christians how to dress, how to live or how to pray.”

— Michel Sabbah

Christmas under Hamas rule, BBC News, 22 December 2007 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/7154134.stm, Quote from a statement made during his visit to Gaza City on possible implementation of Islamic fundamentalist internal policies like mandatory hijab and other measures

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